prefer

[pri'fə:]

vt.宁可, 较喜欢, 提出（控告）

vt.[W]

1. 宁可, 宁愿(选择); 更喜欢[+v-ing][+to-v][O2][+(that)]

I prefer the quiet countryside to the noisy cities.

我喜欢安静的乡村胜过喧闹的城市。

So you prefer living abroad?

那么你是宁愿旅居海外啦?

At the moment, he preferred not to think about the future.

此时此刻, 他宁愿不去想未来的事情。

I preferred the title of reporter.

我更喜欢记者这个头衔。

2. 【律】提出(控告等)

Police preferred charges against him for theft.

警方指控他有偷窃行为。

He preferred a charge against the robber.

他控告那名盗贼。

3. 【古】提升, 提拔[(+to)]

4. 【律】给(债权人)优先权

词形变化

名词: preferrer | 动词过去式: preferred | 动词过去分词: preferred | 动词现在分词: preferring | 动词第三人称单数: prefers |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.选择; 偏爱

choose  favor  desire  fancy  pick  select  

同义参见:

aggrandize  single  propose  like  

英英释义

动词 prefer:

like better; value more highly

select as an alternative; choose instead; prefer as an alternative

同义词：choose, opt

promote over another

同义词：favor, favour

give preference to one creditor over another

补充

preferprefer英:[priˈfə:] 美:[prɪˈfɚ]vt.1.选择某事物(而不选择他事物); 更喜欢She preferred that nobody should come to see her.她宁愿没有人来看她。I'd prefer vegetable.我宁愿吃蔬菜。He preferred to die instead of stealing.他宁愿死也不愿意偷窃。They prefer living in the suburbs.他们更愿意住在郊区。I should have preferred him to do it in a different way.我倒愿意他用另一种办法做。2.对…起诉Since they are so young, the police have decided not to prefer charges.由于他们很年轻, 警方决定不对他们起诉。

例句

1. Does he prefer a particular sort of music?他有特别喜欢的音乐类型吗？ 2. Would you prefer tea or coffee?你喜欢喝茶还是咖啡？ 3. I prefer red wine to white.我喜欢红葡萄酒胜过白葡萄酒。 4. I prefer French to chemistry.比起化学, 我更喜欢法语。 5. I prefer painting to drawing.比起素描, 我更喜欢油画。 6. The woodwork's green now. I preferred it blue.木构件现在是绿色的。我原来更喜欢把它涂成蓝色的。 7. Some people prefer being single.一些人宁可单身。 8. He prefers going to the theatre alone.他更喜欢独自去看戏。 9. I prefer to travel by rail when I can.只要可能, 我更希望乘火车旅行。 10. I prefer to eat out with friends.我更喜欢和朋友出去吃饭。 11. I'd prefer him to go to university.我更希望他去上大学。 12. He was preferred to lieutenant.他被晋升为陆军中尉。 13. We haven't enough evidence to prefer charges.我们没有进行起诉的充分证据。 14. She chose Spain, but personally I'd prefer to go to France.她选择了西班牙，而我个人倒更愿意去法国。 15. a preferred share (或 stock)优先股 16. The young men seem to be preferring some request which the elder ones are indisposed to grant.年轻人似乎想提出某种年纪大的人不愿答应的要求。 17. We'll go to the Great Wall, if you prefer.你如果愿意的话，我们去长城。 18. I prefer Venice to Rome.我喜欢威尼斯胜过罗马。 19. [with infinitive]I would prefer to discuss the matter in private.我更愿意私下讨论这件事。 20. [with clause]Val would presumably prefer that you didn't get arrested.瓦尔可能更希望你没有被捕。 21. [as adj. preferred]his preferred candidate.他所偏爱的候选人。 22. the police will prefer charges.警察将提请公诉。 23. he was preferred to the post.他被提拔到那个职位上。 24. Would you prefer tea or coffee?你喜欢喝茶还是咖啡？ 25. Marianne prefers not to walk home on her own at night.玛丽安娜不愿在晚上独自走路回家。 26. My parents would prefer me to study law at university.父母比较希望我在大学修读法律。 27. "Some people like vanilla ice cream, but I prefer chocolate."有人喜欢香草冰激凌，但我更爱巧克力的。 28. I prefer shopping online.我更喜欢网上购物。 29. She tends to prefer small college campuses.她可能更喜欢小的大学校园。 30. I prefer this dictionary because of its helpful examples.我更喜欢这本词典，因为它的例子有帮助。 31. I would prefer it if you smoked outside. = I would prefer you to smoke outside.我希望你在外面抽烟。 32. Which one is the preferred alternative?哪个是更好的选择？ 33. What is the preferred pronunciation of her name?她的名字发哪个音更好听？ 34. He prefers sports to reading.跟阅读相比他更喜爱运动。 35. He prefers a good book to a movie.与看场电影相比，他更喜欢读一本好书。 36. She prefers chocolate over vanilla.较之香草她更喜欢巧克力。 37. "I suggested that we play a game, but they preferred to watch TV."我建议大家玩游戏，但他们更想看电视。 38. I would prefer not to know about it.我还是不知道的好。 39. They preferred [=brought] charges against him for manslaughter. [=they formally accused him of the crime of manslaughter]他们控告他犯过失杀人罪。